Ghana Age Dependency Ratio
Ghana age dependency ratio data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 65.36%.
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Interpretation
Ghana recorded 65.36% for Age Dependency Ratio in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.78 percentage points, from 66.14% to 65.36%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (68.95%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 65.36% in 2024 and the high was 72.31% in 2015.